20 E. 127th St., New York, New York. County/parish: New York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 29, 1982. NRIS 82001198.
1 contributing building.
The Langston Hughes House is a historic home located in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It is an Italianate style dwelling built in 1869. It is a three-story-with-basement, rowhouse faced in brownstone and measuring 20 feet wide and 45 feet deep. Noted African American poet and author Langston Hughes (1902–1967) occupied the top floor as his workroom from 1947 to 1967. The building's owners were Hughes's adopted uncle and aunt, Emerson and Ethel Harper. In this house, Hughes wrote Montage of a Dream Deferred and I Wonder as I Wander.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and was designated as a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1981.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319640